Keyword: Manufacturing operations maintenance

The efficient management of material flows is in key role in maintaining and improving the profitability of businesses operating in circular economy. These businesses often manage up to hundreds of inbound and outbound...

In my work as Director R&D of IPES at Pinja, I get to see a wide range of production planning solutions in customer organisations. The arrangements made in these organisations live over time, as changes take place in...

The circular economy market is growing faster than ever but at the same time the operators on the sector have been caught in a riptide. Sitra forecasts that the Finnish circular economy will have an annual growth...

Budgeting is an essential tool in developing maintenance. However, often budgeting is considered a task that takes up valuable working hours and that is hard to implement. At best, sufficiently thorough budgeting is a...

The notion of a digital twin, or a detailed copy of an animate or inanimate real-world entity, dates back several decades. In Finland, they have only started landing in recent years and despite wide interest, they are...

Responsibility has become a real Big Question in industry in the past few years. As we become more environmentally aware, companies have a rather conflicting role in it: They can innovate solutions that contribute to...

Maintenance data is enriched on its way from the technician’s task schedule to the desk of the maintenance manager or even the factory manager.

Decisions made in a change situation influence manufacturing designers, the ground-level staff, production management, material procurement, sales, financial department and ultimately also the company management.

Improving productivity requires an in-depth understanding and insight into policies and their impact on efficiency.

The EU’s Renewable Energy Directive, the so-called RED III Directive, steers the national legislation of the member states in an increasingly environmentally conscious direction. In this blog, we discuss the background...